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Morrison Foerster Offices
2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
SUITE 6000
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-1888
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr David Churchill
Work Department
Government Contracts + Public Procurement
Position
Partner and Co-Chair, Government Contracts and Public Procurement practice
Career
David A. Churchill is co-chair of the Government Contracts Practice. His practice includes litigation of disputes involving award, performance and termination of federal contracts, before the Court of Federal Claims, agency boards of contract appeals, and the GAO. He has an active counseling practice in contract award-related matters and on issues arising during performance of government contracts and subcontracts. He also counsels in matters involving internal company investigations and mandatory disclosures of conduct potentially covered by the False Claims Act and other federal statutes. He served as chair of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Languages
German (conversational)
Memberships
American Bar Association – Section of Public Contract Law (past chair); District of Columbia Bar
Education
Cornell University Law School, J.D., 1979; cum laude; Editor-in-Chief, Cornell International Law Journal; University of Colorado, B.A., 1974; magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government contracts
Offering ‘very pragmatic and commercially-minded advice’, Morrison Foerster‘s Washington DC-based group is highly rated for its ‘incredible depth of experience and expertise’. Well-known for its premier bid protest practice, the team presents leading technology, aerospace, healthcare and defense companies. Demonstrating strength across the whole spectrum of government contracts and procurement work, the department handles False Claims Act litigation, international investigations, M&A for private equity firms and contractors, complex classified matters and cybersecurity issues. Focusing on contract counseling and compliance, Tina Reynolds manages the practice alongside Kevin Mullen, who leads on M&A and procurement fraud matters, and Alex Ward, whose expertise spans bid protests, internal investigations and litigation at state and federal levels. Also recommended are M&A expert Damien Specht and David Churchill, who is sought after to advise on internal investigations, government inquiries and federal contract disputes. Locke Bell is a key associate and well versed in nontraditional acquisition arrangements and government acquisition of intellectual property.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)